2014 Calgary has 100 qualifying slots for 2014 World's in Mont Tremblant. Edit: race filled up quick. Probably why it isn't listed.

Anything on the calendar as of August and on is a qualifier for 2015 World's in Austria. Why 2015 Calgary is missing from that list I don't know. Probably either a mistake, or 2015 race isn't yet final.

You also have to assume that any races will have a much larger roll down then normal due to the much longer travel distance then years past in LV or even MT.

Maybe it's just a slip, but I wouldn't be surprised if Calgary was told they weren't getting any slots for 2015 because they got 100 for 2014. I went back and double checked the list and I didn't see Panama, Putrajaya, Calella or Berlin on the list either. Curious.

I snagged my entry for Calgary 70.3 2014 already, but yeah it sold out very fast. They opened up extra slots even, and those barely made it 48 hours I think.

See below interview with Andrew Messick (regarding the 2015 70.3 WC in Austria) from Triathlon.com (posted on XTri.com). I corrected the 2015 qualifying start from Apr to Aug (Bold). This isn't really any different than the 2014 70.3 WC where all three Canadian qualifiers received 100 slots.


AM: We’re going to rebalance all the slots—that’s the first thing. Starting with the 2015 qualifying cycle, which starts in AUG 2014, virtually all North American races will have fewer slots and all European races will have more slots. We’re very much anticipating—and engineering in the process—that there will be more qualifying opportunities in Europe for the 2015 world championships than there were in 2014. I would expect—and this is broadly speaking—if it’s going to be a 2,500-athlete race, we’ll have 1,000 North Americans, 1,000 Europeans, and 500 from Latin America, Australia, New Zealand and Asia-Pacific. Roughly speaking. We want there to be more local opportunities for Europeans to race a world championship. What we don’t know, of course, is the extent to which Europeans are going to go elsewhere to get their slots. What we do see is, for example, a lot of Canadians are pushing to find slots for Tremblant because they want to be able to race a world championship in Canada. I think we’re going to see that a lot of Europeans are going to start searching for opportunities to qualify because if you’re a European age-group triathlete, being able to compete in a world championship is something that’s going to resonate.

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Edited to add this observation: The 2015 WC is moving from Sep to an Aug 30 date. The reason Calgary probably was dropped is that it would put them inside the 6 week window when qualifying for one WC stops and the next one starts. E.g., Calary 2015 will probably end up being a qualifier for the 2016 WC yet to be announced, and hence not on the list.

I did Calgary and had a blast. Meant to come back last year but it was only a week off Lake Stevens. Bummer. That made Calgary drop off the radar for me. This year the two races are I think 3 weeks apart. By the time I thought about racing Calgary it had already sold out. I will be kicking myself for that one all year. Especially with 100 slots. My lady wants a vacation in Quebec.

The 2015 edition of IMYYC will not have qualiying slots for the 70.3 WC in 2015 because our race is in late July and is too close to the late August race date for Zell am See. Our 2015 edition will have qualifying spots for the 2016 70.3 World Championships.

If any one is still hoping to get into Ironman 70.3 Calgary for 2014, I have opened up a few more spots. And will be closing registration in the next day or so. We have removed the registration link from the website, but you can still get into the Active.com registration site at: http://www.active.com/...an-70-3-calgary-2014

Just sent you a pm regarding your race.
I would definitely like to have some information.

Thanks!
David

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